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EVENTS· COURSES · WORKSHOPS

Booking dates Members Mon 25 Nov Non-members Mon 2 Dec

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WELCOME

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR VISIT

Contents

Booking dates

Welcome

Entertainment

Family entertainment

Just So

Members Mon 25 Nov Non-members Mon 2 Dec

Drama – Lessons in Life

Wilde Drama

Opening times

Studio Drama

Mon–Sat 9am–11pm

Music

Recital Room Friday

Opera

Creative Arts Showcase Day

Adult courses

Young people’s courses

L O V E!C R A F T

11 £5 Tickets available one hour before the show begins to customers under the age of 26, subject to availability

Membership

Members ticket offer

Dance

Sun & bank holidays 11am–10.30pm

Box Office opening times Mon–Sat 10am–8.30pm Sun & bank holidays 12noon – 8.30pm

11th hour

Lift Off Dance Festival

Musicals

2 for 1 Buy a ticket for an event with this symbol and get another free. Available on the first night only.

Comedy

Diary

Digital Media

See pages 46–47 for diary listings

SHP Live

Adult workshops

Young People’s workshops

Exhibitions

Local societies and clubs

Hire South Hill Park

Information

Your visit

Diary

How to find us

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from our funders Winkfield Warfield Parish Parish Council Council

Charity number 265656 The Digital Media Suite is generously supported by John Nike and the John Nike Group of Companies

Ticket levy Please note that all Wilde Theatre bookings include a £1 levy towards the costs of running the Wilde Theatre and bookings in other venues include a 50p levy towards the running costs of the arts centre.

Corporate members

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WELCOME

As we move into 2014, why not make it your New Year resolution to try one of our wonderful courses. The range and quality on offer is outstanding. We are much more than an arts centre where you come to see shows – we are the creative heart of Berkshire because of the opportunity to get involved in everything from live-streaming to making stained glass. Have fun trying something new in 2014. Ron McAllister Chief Executive Officer

Courses

jewellery & silversmithing · printmaking · guitar drawing & painting · stained glass · ballet over 50s dance · quilting · piano · singing · jamming youth theatre · pilates matwork · ceramics tai chi · just jhoom · contemporary dance · yoga See page 21 tap · digital photogaphy · and many more… for details of our Showcase Day

We offer a range of courses and workshops for people of all ages To learn more: go to our website, ask at the box office or look at the following pages in this brochure

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ENTERTAINMENT

GA GA Fri 7 Feb 7.30pm Wilde Theatre £17.50, Conc £16.50, Members £15.50

Objective Talent

Ben Hart – The Outsider www.objectivetalentmangement.com Suitable for 10yrs+ Fri 24 Jan 8pm Wilde Theatre £14, Members & Conc £12

Having spent his life using magic to solve impossible problems, award-winning magician Ben Hart turns his attention to himself. Be amazed by his magic, impressed by his skill and moved by how the owner of such a brilliant mind can still be so in need of a cup of tea and a cuddle...

Performed by a multi-award winning band who have headlined the International Guitar Festival on several occasions, this is a Queen show like no other.

South East Berks Gang Show

From numerous Queen conventions to TV appearances, GA GA have consistently proved why they are so highly rated by critics and audiences alike. There are no wigs, no make-up and definitely no false moustaches but instead a host of massive Queen songs played like they were meant to be.

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Stunning. OFFICIAL QUEEN FAN CLUB Superb. BRIAN MAY

Mind boggling – not just because of the actual tricks but also because there is such a human storyline woven through the show. BROADWAY BABY

Mon 17 – Sat 22 Feb 7.15pm Sat Mat 2.15pm Mon–Fri and Sat Mat £13 Sat Eve £15 (no conc) Family (2+3) £60 Groups of 20 or more £12 Senior Citizens £1 off all prices No conc Sat Eve Price includes a £1 levy from South Hill Park

What is a Gang Show? It is full of fun and friendships. Local kids from Scouts and Guides have worked very hard to put on this show. Their talents shine through bringing you a variety performance of songs, dances and sketches. Come and be amazed and let us entertain you.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Motown’s Greatest Hits – How Sweet It Is

Circus of Horrors London after Midnight

Sat 5 April 7.30pm

16yrs and under must be accompanied by an adult

Wilde Theatre

Wed 19 March 7.30pm Wilde Theatre A £22, Conc £21, Members £20 B £18, Conc £17, Members £16

£20.50

The show that stormed into the finals of Britain’s Got Talent is back with an awe-inspiring roller-coaster of a show that flies like a bat out of hell to celebrate an astounding 18 years of shock n’ roll.

Now in its 12th successive year, this stunning 100% live show combines first-class music together with the slickest choreography and an amazing band, to deliver truly outstanding performances for the best Motown experience you will ever have.

The new sensation is inspired by the legendary and sinister lost movie London after Midnight and is packed with new shocks that will take you on a whirlwind journey through a plague-ridden London in 1665 and culminating during the great fire of London in 1666.

This show will have you Dancing on the Ceiling, featuring songs from legendary artistes such as Lionel Richie, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, The Jackson Five, The Isley Brothers, Edwin Starr and many, many more.

The story will twist and turn as five murders are committed in various London landmarks, each one becoming more and more horrific and all intermingled with some of the greatest, most daring, bizarre and beautiful circus acts on earth.

Let’s Get Ready.... to Go Loco... Down in Acapulco. The UK’s number 1 Motown production is guaranteed to have you dancing All Night Long.

From sword swallowers to dare devil balancing acts, from hair hangers to demon dwarfs, from a pickled person to astounding aerial acts, all performed with a forked tongue firmly in each cheek.

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As featured on UK Entertainment Television and featuring The Formations, this ultimate celebration of the sweet sound of Motown is back.

ENTERTAINMENT

Suitable for 14yrs+ Sun 19 Jan, 16 Feb, 16 March, 13 April 7.30pm

Bracknell’s Got Talent 2014 Auditions

Cellar Bar £10.50

Mad Monkey Improv are back with their hit show MISSION IMPROVable. With no rehearsal and no script they have to rely on their imagination and wit to transform audience suggestions into hilariously funny scenes in the blink of an eye. Had me in tears... absolutely hilarious...

The Unimaginatively Titled Pub Cellar Quiz With BBC Radio Berkshire’s Rory McAllister Thu 13 Feb & Thu 27 March 8pm Cellar Bar £7 per ticket (max 6 people per team)

£2 per auditionee, payable on the day Sat 3 May · First Round Sat 24 May · Semi-Finals Sat 14 June · Final

Cinema in Symphony 2

Time slots confirmed at time of application

The Sequel

In 2013 dancer Felix Clements aka Style Free Felix C won the Bracknell’s Got Talent final, beating a multi-talented set of finalists from singers, dancers and musicians.

Sat 26 April 7pm Wilde Theatre £20, Under 21s £15

After last year’s successful Hollywood celebration, Cinema in Symphony returns to the Wilde Theatre. Hosted by BBC Radio Berkshire’s Rory McAllister, hear the Reading Symphony Orchestra play classic themes from Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lord of the Rings, The Big Country, Black Swan and James Bond, to name a few! If you’ve never experienced the full scale of an orchestra playing the themes you know and love then this is your chance. You’ll also be able to get up close and personal to film props and have your photo taken when you arrive. So grab your family and friends and come along for a night at the movies with a difference – Cinema in Symphony is back.

Returning this year, just as big as last year, do you have what it takes to make it to the final? Magician? Contortionist? Big Band? Dancer? Singer? Comedian? Whatever your talent, the sky is your limit, the world is your oyster, South Hill Park is your stage. Bracknell’s Got Talent promises to present the finest of local talent performing on the Wilde Theatre stage, a starting point for many young stars in the past. It could be you next. Don’t miss this opportunity, and get your applications in before it’s too late. Application forms available at South Hill Park from December or you can download it from the South Hill Park website. Deadline for applications is Sunday 20 April. For more information, contact clive.elkington@ southhillpark.org.uk

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FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT

ajtc Theatre Company in co-production with York Theatre Royal

Bin Men By Mike Kenny

Suitable for 5yrs+ Mon 17 Feb 2pm

Sell A Door

The Pied Piper Theatre Company

Studio Theatre

Care of Henry

£10, Children £6.50, Family £26.50

Kidnapped

A play with music for young children and their families

Adapted by Ivan Wilkinson from the book by Robert Louis Stevenson

Don and Sam are bin men with dreams. Big dreams. They want to save the world and they want to have fun doing it. Bin men see everything we throw away – and we throw away so many things. With Don and Sam around we may just need to think again. They can find a use for anything.

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By Anne Fine Adapted for the stage by Tina Williams Directed by Roman Stefanski Designed by Jane Linz Roberts Music by Julian Butler Suitable for 4–8yrs Sun 2 Feb 1.30pm Wilde Theatre £7, Family £22

Hugo has to choose who to stay with while his mum’s having a baby. Granny? Mrs Mariposa next door? or Uncle Jack? Who will care for him – and his dog Henry – the best? Pied Piper Theatre Company has touched the hearts and imaginations of hundreds of thousands of children. Engaging… younger readers too rarely offered treats of this calibre. BOOKS FOR KEEPS

Written by multi-award winning writer Mike Kenny and directed by Rosamunde Hutt it is a story of recycling and transforming told with live music, puppetry, a touch of Don Quixote and lots of fun. Supported by Arts Council England

These are artists whose experience in engaging theatre-goers shines through. CARL MILLER, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (LITERACY) UNICORN THEATRE, LONDON

Theatrical magic. CHARLES HUTCHINSON, THE PRESS, YORK

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Suitable for 6yrs+ Sun 30 March 2.30 & 7.30pm Wilde Theatre £12, Under 16s £8, Family £32

‘There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility. We get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.’ An adventure tale for all the family, this fast paced adaptation tells the story of Davie Balfour as he survives shipwreck and murder to dramatically escape through the Highlands of Scotland in an exciting, gripping adventure story packed full of physical storytelling and imagination.

Just So South Hill Park presents

Based on the immortal short stories of Rudyard Kipling, Just So takes you on a fantastic journey along the banks of Africa’s great, grey-green, greasy Limpopo River to meet an amazing collection of strange and wonderful creatures. How did the leopard get his spots? How did the rhinoceros get his skin? How did curiosity and a hungry crocodile turn an elephant’s small nose into a very large trunk?

£18, Conc £17, Members £16, Under 16s £12, Family £50

Set to an eclectic, upbeat score, Kipling’s Just So Stories are woven with wit and imagination into a song-filled journey through the jungle. And you will be inspired by its underlying message – that one determined individual can make a real difference in this world.

Thu 17 April 7pm Fri 18 April (Good Friday) 2 & 7pm Sat 19 April 11am & 3pm Sun 20 April (Easter Sunday) 11am & 7pm Mon 21 April (Easter Monday) 11am

Director · Adam Stafford Musical Director · Tim Cumper Set Designer · Victoria Spearing Choreographer · Brad Clapson Assistant Director · Joe Malyan

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Just So

Easter school for young performers Calling all budding young performers; we need you for our Easter production of the musical Just So, inspired by the stories of Rudyard Kipling. If you’re aged 6–16yrs and love acting, singing and dancing then this is the perfect school holiday boredom buster for you. This Easter we are running a week-long performance school here at South Hill Park, during which you will rehearse your socks off before taking to our Wilde Theatre stage over the bank holiday weekend to perform in our professional musical production for the public. Psssst, adults… this is a perfect alternative to regular childcare and at a fraction of the price. But we won’t tell the kids if you don’t and they’ll think you’re ace for sending them somewhere so exciting. As well as giving each young performer the chance to perform for the public this is also a great opportuity for them to olearn from West End actor/director Adam Stafford and our own children’s tutor Joe Maylan. No experience is necessary, just bags of enthusiasm.

6–16yrs

Adults

Easter School/rehearsal dates Mon 7– Fri 11 April 9am-5pm

We love grown-up performers too. So if you’d like to take part, don’t be shy. Adult actors wishing to feature in this production should contact Joe Malyan at joe.malyan@southhillpark.org.uk for more information about the show and how to apply.

Performance dates Thu 17 – Mon 21 April (various times) £160 per child* £140 for additional child (siblings only)

£40 production fee per adult (to help cover production costs, including costumes etc)

Bursary South Hill Park awards a limited number of bursary places to families in receipt of benefits or on low income. Please write to or email Mark Hooper, Creative Learning Coordinator, c/o South Hill Park, Ringmead, Bracknell, Berks, RG12 7PA (mark.hooper@southhillpark.org.uk), explaining why you think your child would benefit from taking part in this production.

Rehearsal dates Sundays and one week-day evening from January Performance dates Thu 17 – Mon 21 April

Tech and dress rehearsal dates for 6–16yrs and Adults Sat 12 – Sun 13 April (tech – times tbc) Tue 15 – Wed 16 April (dress – evening – time tbc)

* this year’s cost increase will enable us to increase rehearsal time for young performers by 10 hours, whilst also extending our weekday sessions to make our Easter School a more convenient childcare arrangement for working parents. We hope you’ll agree that this still represents excellent value for money.

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DRAMA

Lessons in £10 per show no conc Buy all 4 shows at the same time for £30 (buy 3 get 4th free) Buy 1 show get one half-price All performances begin at 8pm

Toot The Wardrobe Ensemble

Ten Out of Ten

Two performances - 6pm and 8pm

Devised and performed by Terry O’Donovan, Stuart Barter & Clare Dunn

Devised by the company and directed by Tom Brennan

Produced by Faith Dodkins

Mon 17 March

www.tenoutoften.org.uk @tootmaketheatre

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Mark Hooper, Creative Learning writes: ‘The Wardrobe Ensemble follow up their sell-out debut show RIOT with 33. The Wardrobe Ensemble do not disappoint with their trademark humour, fast paced action and precise ensemble work. Their balance of comedy and pathos makes this performance compelling to watch. 33 combines soulful stories, macho choreography and original music to present their take on the Chilean mining disaster of 2010. The Wardrobe Ensemble masterfully tells the story of the 33 men stuck half a mile underground, the journalists in the desert above and the world that watched them from afar. A tale of friendship, hope and Elvis Presley, 33 takes you beyond the newsrooms, past the cameras and leaves you 2000 feet underground. An outlandish, touching and funny story of men on the brink of death, fame and madness.’

Tue 22 April Studio Theatre Ten Out of Ten is an Ovalhouse commission

John Potter, Press writes: ‘Ten Out of Ten is the most thought provoking piece of theatre I have seen in a long time. Three actors take each audience member on their own individual journey getting them to think of their past experiences in life, failures and how they messure success. Everyone is different, but this extremely light-hearted show will make you think of what you’ve achieved in your own life, after all life shouldn’t be about the feeling of constant failure. I left the theatre in an up-beat mood whilst having a sense of achievement for certain aspects of my life.’ It’s all terrific light-hearted fun… thoroughly engaging. Toot are one to watch. LYN GARDNER, THE GUARDIAN

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DRAMA

Life

South Hill Park is proud to present Lessons in Life; four shows across two seasons exploring the importance of life. Personally chosen for our audience by our own team at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, these four shows examine the difficult lessons we learn through our individual choices. Sit back and let us take you on a journey of self discovery through the medium of theatre.

A new play by Babakas

Our Fathers Winner of the Bite Size Commission 2012 Commissioned by China Plate, mac Birmingham and Warwick Arts Centre

Sparkle and Dark

Supported by Arts Council England and the Wellcome Trust Wed 21 May

Killing Roger www.sparkleanddark.com

Wilde Theatre

Mon 9 June

Mark Hooper, Creative Learning writes: ‘This is an incredibly touching, moving and thoughtprovoking piece. The performance really seems to emanate from the heart and as an audience member, you really feel privileged to be listening to the touching stories, all drawn from life, that the actors divulge.

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Ron McAllister, Chief Exective writes:

‘One of the most touching, believable stories at this year’s Edinburgh festival was told by a life-sized puppet of a crotchety old man called Roger, manipulated with skill and understanding by three performers, centring Mike’s been asked to father a child by his dead Dad’s on the relationship he builds with a student volunteer friend’s daughter. He doesn’t know her yet, but it is visitor. He treats his visitor with distain at first but a once in a lifetime chance. His boyfriend Bert is not convinced. Their housemate, Sofia, has her own fish to soon a close bond emerges – until the old man asks fry. She needs to find a man before it is too late but her what many of us would consider to be unthinkable. He wants his young friend to help him die. Dad keeps getting in the middle.

An award-winning, critically acclaimed portrait of fatherhood by international company Babakas. Inventive comedy and unforgettable emotion combine in a story that relates to us all.’

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This is a bitter-sweet performance delivered with consummate skill. I cannot recommend it highly enough.’

The beautiful script, phenomenal puppetry, and stunning live music make this an incredible piece of theatre. THREE WEEKS

WILDE DRAMA

Wilde Community Theatre Company in association with London Contemporary Theatre

The History Boys By Alan Bennett Directed by Luke Sheppard Suitable for 12yrs+

Hedda Gabler

Tue 11 – Sat 15 Feb Tue, Thu, Fri 7.30pm Wed & Sat 2 & 7.30pm

Running time: approx 2hrs 30mins, including interval

Wilde Theatre

Mon 3 Feb 7.30pm Tue 4 Feb 2 & 7.30pm

£16. Conc £15, Members £14, Matineés £13, Schools £9

Icarus Theatre Collective

Wilde Theatre A £17, Conc £16, Members £15 B £15, Conc £14, Members £13 C £12, Conc £11, Members £10

Under 21s £10, Schools £9

‘These impulses come over me all of a sudden, and I just can’t resist them.’ Hedda Gabler, one of the most notorious heroes (anti-heroes?) of theatre, saw her time as a single girl run out and so she married George Tesman, a man she clearly no longer loves – if, indeed, she ever did. Now Hedda is driven to diabolical ends trying to discover purpose in her life as she increasingly finds the world closing in on her.

A-levels are finished, but for Yorkshire’s finest pupils, their education has a long and bumpy track ahead. Back to school to train for their Oxbridge entrance exams, the group find themselves stuck in the middle of antithesis styles of teaching. Hector brings life, drama, music and fun into the classroom, while sceptical Irwin has been brought in by the Headmaster to teach a callous and harsh route to Oxbridge. But with the distractions that come with being a teenage boy and the pressure of university on their minds, the question is, will any of them survive the cut? London Contemporary Theatre is committed to creating exciting, fast-paced theatre and radio theatre.

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WILDE DRAMA

Scene Productions

London Classic Theatre

in association with South Hill Park and Redbridge Drama Centre

Entertaining Mr Sloane

Woyzeck

By Joe Orton Suitable for 14 yrs+

A brand new adaptation based on the play by Georg Buchner

Mon 28 – Wed 30 April 7.30pm Wilde Theatre

Running time approx 1hr 10mins (no interval)

A £17, Conc £16, Members £15 B £15, Conc £14, Members £13 C £12, Conc £11, Members £10

Suitable for 14yrs+ Thu 20 March 7.30pm 11

‘Innocence there is a mark on you!’ A visual jigsaw set amidst the backdrop of WW1, exploding from one scene to the next, combining intense physicality with projections, puppetry and a haunting soundtrack. The agonizing effects of war trauma and the utter devastation of the downtrodden man still resonate 200 years after the play was first written. As we approach the centenary of WW1, this production delves into the mind of a broken soldier; a mind plagued with apocalyptic visions, twisted, infected and plunged into homicidal lunacy.

Kath and her elderly father, Kemp, live in a house on the outskirts of a rubbish dump. Their drab existence is interrupted by the arrival of a new lodger, the enigmatic Mr Sloane. Provocative and sexually ambiguous, Sloane soon has both Kath and her brother, Ed, competing for his favours. But all is not as it seems. Behind Sloane’s nonchalant demeanour lies a calculating psychopath with a dark and secretive past. Seduction, blackmail and murder lie waiting in the wings. First staged at the Arts Theatre in London in 1964 it won the London Critics ‘Variety’ award for Best Play of the Year. Its unique blend of farce and black comedy beautifully captures the suppressed desires of the period.

This production is influenced by the styles of Berkoff and Artaud and comes with a free education pack.

London Classic Theatre has established a reputation for producing bold, imaginative theatre of the highest quality. This revival of their 2003 production of the play celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Orton’s classic black comedy.

Chillingly combines hilarity with horror… this production has a dream-like quality, powerfully evoked by immaculately slick, highly imaginative physical theatre. THE STAGE ON METAMORPHOSIS

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Under 21s £10, Schools £9

Wilde Theatre £14, Conc £13, Members £12 Schools & Under 21s £9

STUDIO DRAMA Studio Company Want to get involved? Local actor/director/producer, Luke Burton is looking for actors, directors and costume designers to help with this hub of theatrical excellence. For information contact luke.burton@southhillpark.org.uk

Untied Artists Paines Plough & Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Hopelessly Devoted To You

Endgame By Samuel Beckett Suitable for 14yrs+ Wed 5 – Sat 8 Feb 7.45pm Studio Theatre £12.50, Members & Conc £10.50

A pure and devastating distillation of the human essence in the face of approaching death. In a nebulous place between farcicality and reality, Endgame is an embodiment of the Theatre of the Absurd. The play follows the daily routines of Hamm and Clov, a haggardly old man and his tired slave. There are two worlds within this play: the world within, the space to which these characters are confined and in which they exist, and the world without, the hellish space outside the windows of their confinement. Hamm and Clov spend the entirety of the play suffering through pain and reflecting on the meaninglessness of existence.

For Their Own Good Fringe First Award Winner 2013 Tue 25 March 7.45pm Studio Theatre 11

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£12, Members & Conc £10, Under 21s & Schools £8 Prices includes ticket levy

Running time 75mins

Two knackermen, a horse, a gun and a tiny metropolis full of death. Can the way we kill animals teach us anything about our own demise? With unflinching honesty and an eerily detached workmanship, two knackermen investigate the pitfalls of being high up the evolutionary chain. Combining beautiful puppetry, new writing and documentary material, this awardwinning show tells a moving and darkly comic tale about the only certainty in life – death.

Suitable for 14yrs+ Thu 13 – Sat 15 March 7.30pm Studio Theatre £10, Under 21s £5

Chess is in prison. Facing a lengthy sentence, her cell mate becomes her soul mate. But when Serena is given parole, Chess faces total isolation. Hope comes in the form of a music producer looking for a reason to love music again. She finds a powerful voice in Chess. But to harness her talent, Chess must first face her past. Following her smash-hit debut, Wasted, Kate Tempest’s incendiary new play combines lyrical fireworks with exhilara ting live music.

Astonishingly poignant… a rare energy and power JOYCE MCMILLAN, THE SCOTSMAN

A Bitesize commission supported by Warwick Arts Centre, mac Birmingham, Bristol Ferment, China Plate Theatre, The British Council and Arts Council England.

She has no right whatsoever to be as good as she is. It astounds me. Her writing is epic. SCROOBIUS PIP

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MUSIC

Jacqui Dankworth

Caddy Cooper & Friends

Thu 30 Jan 8pm

www.caddycooper.com

Wilde Theatre £18, Members £17

Wilde Theatre £11

Jacqui Dankworth, the imaginative, moving, and adventurous vocalist brings her new album, Live to Love, to the Wilde Theatre. Already established as one of the country’s leading jazz vocalists, Jacqui’s live concerts showcase her unique versatility and effortless mastery of a wide spectrum of genres, drawing on jazz, folk, soul and blues, as well as her acute sensibility as a songwriter and lyricist. Had I not been sitting about three feet away from the action, I would have suspected some kind of electronic trickery because the arrangement was so complex, the timing so nifty and Ms Dankworth’s vocal control so exquisite. DAVE GELLY, THE OBSERVER

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Sat 8 Feb 8pm

Join us for the UK launch of the debut album by Western Australian singer Caddy Cooper, an exhilarating acoustic country, blues, folk singer who entices her audience with tales of life, love, loss and the fragility of the human condition. For this concert Caddy will be joined by friends and special guests who include twenty-piece ukulele band, Small String, and popular Bracknell-based folk fusion band, All Things Considered, for what promises to be a great night.

MUSIC

Revbjelde & The Sèance – a radiophonic occurrence Sat 1 Feb 7.30pm Recital Room £9.50 in advance, £10.50 on the door (includes complimentary drink + promo CD)

Alan Gubby has recorded for some of the UK’s most influential jazz and leftfield labels, even releasing an album by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. His Revbjelde project mixes folk and cutting edge electronics, producing a heavy, haunted groove. Pete Wiggs amd James Papademetrie present The Séance, a weekly radio show from Brighton. Pete is one third of UK pop adventurers Saint Etienne. With videos & lights transforming the recital room, expect a night of exotic soundtracks, mutant disco & strange folk.

Creative Control

Affinity Sessions: Local Bands Showcase

Mànran Thu 3 April 7.30pm Wilde Theatre

£12, Conc £11, Members £10

Mànran have quite literally rocketed to the top of the Scottish music scene with their powerful combination of Gaelic/English songs underpinned by driving accordion, fiddle, flute and a backline of drum and bass to make any mouth water. Mànran are also the only band to host Highland and Uilleann pipes together in one line-up to create a sound like no other.

www.facebook.com/ cellarbarbracknell Fri 31 Jan & Fri 4 April 7.30pm

Artree Music

Wilde Theatre £7

Showcasing some of the best up-and-coming bands from around the region.

Creative Control Band Night Sundays & Tuesday 8pm Cellar Bar £5.50

Folking Live Blues and Boogies in the Cellar Bar

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Cellar Bar

Wed 29 Jan, 5 March, 2 April 8pm

£8

Come and join us in the Cellar Bar for a series of intimate blues and roots gigs. For details and bookings visit the website address above or phone 01252 793430

Berkshire’s premier folk, roots and acoustic music event returns for a 5th year. Featuring top quality acoustic acts from the local area, as well as national and international talent.

Sat 25 Jan, 22 Feb, 22 March, 19 April 7.30pm

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MUSIC

The Sirkis/Bialas International Quartet

Berkshire Guitar Society

Ian Watt – Guitar: Old and New

Sylwia Bialas · vocals/compositions Asaf Sirkis · drums/compositions Frank Harrison · piano/keyboards Patrick Bettison · bass/harmonica

www.ianwattguitarist.com

www.asafsirkis.co.uk www.sylwiabialas.com

Sat 22 Feb 7:30pm Recital Room £12, Members & Conc £10

Winner of many prestigious international medals, Ian Watt reprises his last highly successful visit with a new and exciting programme. The earlier periods are visited with pieces from Scarlatti, Mozart, Froberger and Matiegka whilst the second half includes 20th-century favourites from Torroba, Falla, Villa-Lobos and Barrios Mangoré. A varied and interesting programme from an acclaimed guitarist.

West Forest Sinfonia Sun 23 Feb 3pm

Sun 9 March 8pm Recital Room £10, Conc £9 Members £8

The Sirkis/Bialas project is a fresh new collaboration between Israeli-UK-resident drummer/ percussionist Asaf Sirkis, known for his work with the Lighthouse trio and Gilad Atzmon as well as his own trio and Polish vocalist extraordinaire Sylwia Bialas (Germany). The quartet features USA bassist and harmonica player Patrick Bettison and pianist Frank Harrison on piano and keyboards. Soulful melodies, aerospheric sounds, a full-of-colour kind of jazz with an ethnic touch and some un-commonly used instruments.

Recital Room £10

Richard Digance www.richarddigance.com Thu 13 March 8pm Cellar Bar £14

Richard Digance is quite simply one of the finest performers on the folk circuit in the UK. For over 40 years he has been entertaining audiences with his finely crafted songs, and hilarious anecdotes on TV and radio – however it’s live where he is at his very best. Richard Digance is a national treasure. BOB HARRIS

Grand Quintetto, after Serenade in B&flat;, K361 Mozart (arr. Schwenke) – Mozart’s muchloved ‘Gran Partita’ serenade, arranged by one of his contemporaries for the smaller ensemble of oboe, violin, viola, cello and piano.

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Artree Music Folking Live Special

RECITAL ROOM FRIDAY

Bracknell Jazz

www.bracknelljazz.co.uk

Recital Room £8.50, Conc £5

Some events will have a warm-up band at 7.30pm with the main act at 8pm Trudy Kerr sings Fri 10 Jan

Soon after Trudy Kerr moved to London from Australia, Ronnie Scott offered her a week at his club and she soon established herself as one of the UK’s finest jazz singers. She has recently released her tenth CD, The Rhythm of Life, in collaboration with her husband Geoff Gascoyne. One of the country’s most polished singers THE TIMES

Jimmy Hastings · tenor saxophone Fri 14 Feb

Multi-instrumentalist Jimmy Hastings is one of the most respected musicians on the British jazz scene, in demand for session work and jazz assignments in top bands. He has played for the Humphrey Lyttelton band for almost twenty years. He deputises regularly with many of the big bands of today, including Paul Lacey’s Back to Basie Band, The Syd Lawrence Band, the Echoes of Ellington Band and others.

Frank Griffith · tenor saxophone and clarinet Fri 7 March

Versatile reeds player Frank Griffith worked in the USA with Ron Carter, Jon Hendricks and Jack McDuff. He played lead alto with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and worked with the bands of Toshiko Akiyoshi, Mel Lewis, Buddy Rich and Mel Torme. He has also contributed music to a range of orchestras including the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. He moved to London in 1996, and with his Nonet soon became a prominent figure in British jazz.

Nigel Price - guitar Fri 4 April

Nigel Price is one of Britain’s finest guitarists. His blend of flowing bebop lines, blues feeling and the will to swing has made him instantly accessible and popular with jazz audiences. He is a regular performer at Ronnie Scott’s and ex James Taylor Quartet. His trio were voted ‘best jazz ensemble’ in the 2010 Parliamentary Jazz Awards.

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RECITAL ROOM FRIDAY

Conservatoire Concert Series Recital Room 7.30pm 11

£12, Members & Conc £10

MinJung Baek · piano Brian O’Kane · cello

Kentaro Nagai · piano Sarah-Jane Lewis · soprano

Slava Sidorenko · piano

Fri 24 Jan

Fri 31 Jan

Two of the Guildhall’s most brilliant graduates open our Spring series with a programme that contains two monuments of the repertoire – Liszt’s thrilling B minor Piano Sonata and Rachmaninov’s great Sonata for Cello and Piano. The programme also contains works by Scarlatti, Kapustine and Schumann.

Kentaro and Sarah-Jane are distinguished graduates of the Royal College of Music. Both have solo careers, combining to give recitals as a duo. Their programme has a Spanish flavour with music by Albéniz, Mompou and Obradors, but also has songs and arias by Mozart and Richard Strauss.

Gold medal winner from the Royal Northern College, Ukrainian pianist Slava Sidorenko is already renowned as a solo performer. His programme includes Bach’s Italian Concerto, Beethoven’s Op.110 Sonata in A flat, Rachmaninov’s Corelli Variations and Variations on a theme of Paganini by Kapustin. Truly an exciting musical evening.

Ji Liu · piano

The Messiaen Quartet

Fri 21 Feb

Fri 28 Feb

The distinguished young Chinese pianist, Ji Liu makes a welcome return to South Hill Park. His programme includes Schubert’s sublime C minor Sonata, Two Nocturnes Op.62 by Chopin and Liszt’s Reminiscences de Don Juan. His recital opens with something quite different – Winnsboro Cotton Mills Blues by Rzewski.

Four friends from the Royal College formed a quartet to perform Messiaen’s masterpiece, Quartet for the End of Time. Their performance at London’s Cadogan Hall last year was acknowledged to be of the finest. The programme also includes Mozart’s Violin Sonata K 454 and Brahms’s Clarinet Trio Op.114.

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Fri 7 Feb

Alexandra Vaduva · piano Harriet Burns prano Fri 14 March

This duo from the Royal Academy is presenting a beautiful programme of solo piano music and German lieder, alongside English and French song. Principal works in the concert will be Schumann’s G minor Piano Sonata and the song cycle Frauenliebe und Leben. An evening of glorious music to conclude our concert series.

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Swansea City Opera

The Marriage of Figaro By Wolfgang A Mozart Sun 16 March 7.30pm Wilde Theatre A £22, Conc £21, Members £20 B&C £19, Conc £18, Members £17

Park Opera

The Queen of Spades www.parkopera.org.uk Tue 25 Feb - Sat 1 March 7.30pm No performance on Thu 27 Feb Wilde Theatre Tue & Wed £18, Fri & Sat £20 Children under 16yrs half-price when accompanied by an adult

Tchaikovsky was at the height of his powers when he composed the glorious music for this passionate story of love, obsession and tragedy. Beautifully sung in English by excellent, young, professional singers and with full orchestra, Tchaikovsky’s finest opera promises an evening not to be missed. The poignant story of a love which, overtaken by obsession, ends in tragedy.

Under 21s £10, Schools £8

There will be a pre-performance talk about the opera and production at 6.15pm, given by the Artistic Director of Swansea City Opera, Brendan Wheatley, in the Wilde Bar. Please inform box office at the time of booking if you will attend the talk. Taking place after the events in The Barber of Seville, the opera recounts a single day in the palace of the Count Almaviva in Spain. The Count has designs on one of his maids, Susanna, who is going to be married to Figaro, the Count’s valet. Figaro, Susanna, and the Countess conspire to embarrass the Count and expose his infidelity. At night, all find themselves on the palace grounds, where a comic series of cases of mistaken identity results in … well you must come and find out. Beautifully staged in English with elegant 18th-century costumes and performed by some of the finest singers and orchestral players in the country, Figaro will give you an enchanting and hilarious evening’s entertainment - a feast for the eyes and ears. This company always delivers the goods and when the goods is a deliciously uplifting slice of Mozart it can be very good indeed. NORTH DEVON JOURNAL

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CREATIVE ARTS SHOWCASE DAY Sat 25 Jan The doors to the classes, workshops and resident artists based at South Hill Park are thrown wide open today. This is your chance to come down and try out a new artform whether it’s music, dance, theatre, ceramics, silversmithing, printmaking or more. There will be free demonstrations, workshops, a chance to talk to the tutors and an evening Gala in the Wilde Theatre showcasing the talents of those students currently attending the courses. So come and join us for a day of discovery about what goes on at your local Arts Centre.

Workshops £4, Conc £2 (25 mins), £6, Conc £3 (1 hr) One free workshop when you buy a ticket to the evening Showcase. Places must be booked at the same time as booking a Showcase ticket

Dance Studio 1.30–1.55pm

Twinkle Tots 2–4yrs

2–2.25pm

Budding Ballerinas 5–7yrs

2.30–2.55pm

Tai Chi 16yrs+

3–3.25pm

Over 50s Dance

3.30–3.55pm

Street Dance 6yrs+

4–4.25pm

Beginners Tap 16yrs+

4.30–4.55pm

Just Jhoom! 16yrs+

5–5.25pm

Contemporary 13yrs+

Garden Room 2.30–2.55pm

Youth Theatre 8yrs+

3–3.25pm

School Of The Arts Bracknell 8yrs+

Recital Room 3.30–4.30pm

Jazz Jam 16yrs+

5–6pm

Jazz Guitar improv with recording 16yrs+

Digital Media

SHP Creative Arts Showcase

11am–5pm

Wilde Theatre 7.30pm

Free Demos

£10, Conc £7

The evening Gala will showcase the many talents of students currently attending courses at SHP. Alongside live dance, music and drama performances, there will be informative video clips and interviews from a variety of courses to give you a real overview of what we offer. Bring the family and discover the hidden talents being nurtured at SHP. This event is a fundraiser to raise money to support the development of the Creative Arts courses. Updates and full workshop descriptions can be found on the website or email lena.dee@southhillpark.org.uk to receive updates.

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Beginners Digital SLR £55, Members & Conc £51

2–2.20pm

Tai Chi

2–2.25pm & 4–4.25pm

Printmaking

2.30–2.55pm & 4.30–4.55pm

Ceramics

3–3.25pm & 5–5.25pm

Silversmithing

3.30–3.55pm & 5.30–5.55pm

Stained Glass

Art Studios – Open Access The Art Studios will be open to the public to look around and speak to the artists between 2–6pm. The programme of workshops and demos are subject to change. Please check the website for updates

ADULT COURSES Full details www.southhillpark.org.uk/learning Term Mon 13 Jan – Sun 30 March Half-term Mon 17 – Sun 23 Feb

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Arts and Crafts

Introduction to Printmaking

Ceramics Regulars

Artist in Residence Heather Upton

Carole Thompson

Sat 18 Jan – Sat 29 March 10am–1.30pm

Mon 13 Jan – Mon 24 March 7–9.30pm

£168, Conc £166, Members £164

£131, Conc £129, Members £127

Learn basic monoprinting, relief and etching techniques with our expert artists in residence.

This course is perfect for those who want to explore ceramics. Carole will guide you through different techniques to produce individual pieces.

Printmaking for Regulars

Certain materials such as silver, clay and printmaking paper can be purchased from the studio. Firing fees apply for ceramics courses.

Artist in Residence Heather Upton

Jewellery and Silversmithing

Learn different form of printing with expert tuition from our artists in residence.

Artist in Residence Louise Walker Mon 13 Jan – Mon 24 March 10am–12.30pm, 1.30–4pm OR 7–9.30pm Thu 16 Jan– Thu 27 March 7–9.30pm Artist in Residence Rachel Jones Tue 14 Jan – Tue 25 March 10am–12.30pm OR 7–9.30pm Wed 15 Jan – Wed 26 March 10am–12.30pm OR 7–9.30pm £127, Conc £125, Members £123

Students will learn a variety of metalworking skills and processes enabling them to design and make their own jewellery and silverware. Suitable for all levels.

Wed 15 Jan – Wed 26 March 10am–2.30pm

Ceramics – beginners/ improvers

Thu 16 Jan– Thu 27 March 10am–2.30pm

Artist in Residence Samantha Robertson

£239, Conc £237, Members £235

Tue 14 Jan – Tue 25 March 10.30am–1pm

Printmaking – improvers/advanced Artist in Residence Heather Upton

£131, Conc £129, Members £127

This course is to help each student explore, experiment and develop their skills to create individual ceramic pieces.

Fri 17 Jan – Fri 28 March 10am–2.30pm

Ceramics improvers/ advanced

£239, Conc £237, Members £235

Artist in Residence Samantha Robertson

This course gives advanced students chance to pursue their own work with artistic and technical feedback from our expert tutor.

Thu 16 Jan– Thu 27 March 7–9.30pm £131, Conc £129, Members £127

This course is for students who have tried pottery before who want to develop and improve their techniques further.

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Sculpting in Clay

Get Confident with Oils

Carole Thompson

Melanie Paice

Wed 15 Jan – Wed 26 March 10am–12.30pm

Mon 13 Jan – Mon 24 March 10am–12 noon OR 7–9pm NEW

£131, Conc £129, Members £127

£114, Conc 112, Members £111

Carole will help you create a range of decorative sculptures using a variety of techniques and finishes. This course is for all abilities.

Explore materials and techniques in a relaxed and creative environment to enable you to have fun and produce confident paintings.

A Taste of Clay

Further fun with Oils

Artists in Residence Samantha Robertson

Melanie Paice

Stained Glass

Mon 13 Jan – Mon 24 March 1–3pm

Caroline Loveys

Sat 11, 18, 25 Jan, 15 Feb 10.30am–12.30pm

£114, Conc 112, Members £111

Mon 13 Jan – Mon 24 March 7–9.30pm

Free but booking required

These taster sessions are for people with disabilities. The four sessions will explore a wide range of ceramic techniques including hand building and surface decoration. Pupils will be supported through demonstration and instruction buy an expert tutor. No experience necessary. Download registration forms from our website. Drawing and Painting Sandra Bright Tue 14 Jan – Tue 25 March 7.30–9.30pm Thu 16 Jan– Thu 27 March 7.30–9.30pm £111, Conc £109, Members £107

Inspiring sessions with expert tuition from Sandra Bright, aimed at beginners and those wishing to improve their skills. Students will work on set projects covering a variety of subjects and materials.

A class for developing your skills and improving your oil painting further, including two weeks with a life model. For either of Melanie’s courses contact her at melanie@melaniepaice.com or on 07919 493851 to discuss suitability before booking

Life Drawing Morning beginners/intermediate Flora Gare Fri 17 Jan – Fri 28 March 10am–12.30pm £133, Conc ££131, Members £129

Working from professional life models, explore a variety of observational drawing techniques, investigating line, tone and texture.

Tue 14 Jan – Tue 25 March 1.30–4pm Wed 15 Jan – Wed 26 March 10am–12.30pm OR 1.30–4pm Fri 17 Jan – Fri 28 March 10am– 12.30pm £135, Conc £133, Members £131

Flora Gare

Explore the exciting craft of stained glass, under expert tuition. You will learn the techniques required to create your own panels or three-dimensional pieces. No experience necessary.

Tue 14 Jan – Tue 25 March 10am–12.30pm

Make a Quilt

Life Drawing in Colour intermediate/advanced

£133, Conc £131, Members £129

Working from professional life models, develop your skills with exploring various colour mediums.

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Simone McGee Mon 13 Jan – Mon 24 March 10am–12noon £77, Conc £76, Member £75

Learn how to make a quilt using traditional patchwork designs such as tumbling blocks, grandmother’s fan and log cabin.

ADULT COURSES Full details www.southhillpark.org.uk/learning One to one piano

Arts & Crafts Open Access

Music

Printmaking – Artists Access

Berkshire Guitar School

Open Access Resident Ruth Simons

Mike Hartnett

Mon 13 Jan – Mon 24 March 3.30– 5pm OR 7–9pm

Tue 14 Jan – Tue 1 April 10am–1pm, 1.30–4.30pm OR 6.30–9.30pm

Tue 14 Jan – Tue 25 March 4–10pm

£155, Conc £148, Members £140

£176 duo, £251 individual

30-minute sessions. This course provides personalised sessions for pianists from all backgrounds, experience or novice.

No classes on Tuesday 11 March £16 per session, £14.50 discount for 10 sessions paid in advance

Untutored sessions for experienced printmakers. Please contact Ruth Simons or Heather Upton on 01344 416255 if you are not a regular student. Open Access Jewellery and Silversmithing Open Access Resident Mel Goodbun Three-hour sessions Thu 16 Jan– Thu 27 March 10am–1pm OR 1.30–4.30pm £12.50, Members £10.50 per session

These untutored sessions are offered for experienced jewellers and silversmiths. To see if you would be eligible to attend these sessions, please contact the Visual Arts Coordinator on 01344 416240 Ceramics Open Access Open Access Resident Martin White Tue 14 Jan – Tue 25 March 7–9pm

45-minute sessions. Available as one to one or as a duo. All levels. Bring your own guitar. For more information visit call Mike on 07966 058591 or email info@berkshireguitarschool.com Piano mixed ability/advanced Juliet Bruce Sat 18 Jan – Sat 29 March 10.30am–2.30pm subject to change

Elliot Harrison

Park Singers Alison Horriben Sun 19 Jan – Sun 30 March 7.30pm onwards £83, Conc £78, Members £75

This course is for solo singers of all ages. Help will be given on presentation and technique.

£71, Conc £67.50, Members £64

Bracknell Community Voices

15-minute sessions. Emphasis on the enjoyment of music by playing pieces of your own choice and extending your repertoire.

Tim Cumper

Beginners Piano

Suitable for everyone, we will be working on a variety of modern material. Come and socialise, make friends and sing your heart out.

Elliot Harrison Mon 13 Jan – Mon 24 March 5–7pm £145, Conc £138, Members £131

Wed 15 Jan – Wed 26 March 5–6.30pm £40, Members £37

Session run for 60 minutes. Learn the basics of piano on keyboard in this simple to follow course.

£9 per session

An untutored session for experienced ceramicists to carry on with their work. Please call our Ceramic Artist in Residence on 01344 416214 to discuss eligibility if you are not a regular student. Drop Stitch Every third Wednesday in the month 7.30–10pm from 15 Jan

Drop Stitch sessions are FREE and new members are welcome. Advanced knitters in the group will be available to help with knitting problems. Please contact Sandra Welfare on 078798 50294 for further information.

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Wilde Voices Tim Cumper Wed 15 Jan – Wed 26 March 7–9pm £55, Members £48

It is our hope to attract a solid core of at least 24 voices studying already published choral music and exciting new commissions. Suitable 16yrs+ Blues Jam Every Wednesday 7.30–9pm from 15 Jan £7

Opportunity to develop and join in live gigs. This is not an acoustic session. All instruments and vocalists welcome.

Please note all dance classes and holistic and alternative exercise classes and courses are run subject to a minimum number of participants. All courses and classes must be paid for prior to the date of the first class. Holistic and Alternative Exercise

Adult Dance

Pilates Matwork

Beginners Ballet

Anna Cotgreave

Teri Jones

Tue 14 Jan – Tue 25 March 9.30–10.45am OR 11am–12.15pm

Mon 13 Jan – Mon 24 March 6–7pm

£64, Conc £62, Members £59

Gentle controlled movement patterns, with breathing and core control to increase the body’s strength and flexibility and encourage good posture. Gabriella Rees

Alternate Mondays beginning 6 Jan

Wed 15 Jan – Wed 26 March 8–9.30pm

All acoustic instruments are welcome to these sessions. Contact Russ Baleson on 07711772015 for details.

This class is ideal for people who wish to start ballet for the first time or who are in need of a complete refresher course. Elementary Ballet Teri Jones

Yoga

Acoustic Music £5

£52, Conc £48, Members £46

Thu 16 Jan– Thu 27 March 10–11.30am OR 6.15–7.45pm £62, Conc £59, Members £57

Mon 13 Jan – Mon 24 March 7–8pm £60, Conc £57, Members £53

This class is aimed at those who are looking progress their technique at a comfortable speed.

Relaxation, stress relief, an improved posture and muscle tone as well as a healthy mind and body are all benefits of this regular yoga class.

Advanced Ballet

Wilde Company 16–25yrs

Tai Chi – Chen Style

Wed 15 Jan – Wed 26 March 8–10pm

Steve Large

£120, Members & Conc £115

Tue 14 Jan – Tue 25 March 12.30–1.30pm

This course is for experienced dancers with a background in ballet. It offers a higher level of technique.

Drama South Hill Park’s Youth Theatre

Working on performance skills, audition techniques and mastering all elements of the performance on stage and behind the scenes. The company will give a performance on Wed 2 April.

Teri Jones Mon 13 Jan – Mon 24 March 8–9.30pm £62, Conc £60, Members £57

£44, Conc £42, Members £40 £5.70 pay as you go

Street Vibes

Sat 18 Jan – Sat 29 March 10.30am–12.30pm

Tue 14 Jan – Tue 25 March 6–7.15pm

£74, Conc £73, Members £70 £8.75 pay as you go

A martial art designed to help improve your general health and enjoyment through soft flowing exercises and sequences breathing meditation and visualisation.

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Alan Cunningham £62, Conc £56 Members £55

Come along and get moving and motivated with this dance/cardio workout. Alan makes getting fit a whole new experience with his combination of cool street moves and high/low impact exercises.

ADULT COURSES Full details www.southhillpark.org.uk/learning Just Jhoom! The Bollywood Workout!

Classical/Contemporary Dance

Alexandra Stocker

Thu 16 Jan – Thu 27 March 2.20–3.20pm

Tue 14 Jan – Tue 25 March 7.45–8.45pm £53, Members & Conc £50

Di Ruddick

£52

Inspired by the glitz and the glamour of Bollywood films, Just Jhoom! is the first and only accredited Bollywood dancefitness programme in the UK.

This class includes ballet and contemporary dance technique; it is a strength building dance class with a difference. Opportunity to do festival/ performance work.

Beginners Tap

Over 50s Strictly Dance

Trina Lucas

Di Ruddick

Wed 15 Jan – Wed 26 March 6.45–7.45pm

Fri 17 Jan – Fri 28 March 1– 2pm OR 2–3pm

£57, Conc £52, Members £50

Pay-as-you-go £5

Tap is the original Jazz dance and anyone at any age can start tapping! Tap or hard-soled shoes required.

The class is a great combination of non-partner dance styles ranging from Latin and salsa to soft shoe, cabaret and many more. The music and relaxed atmosphere is invigorating making you feel good.

Contemporary Dance John Darvell Thu 16 Jan – Thu 27 March Beginners 6–7pm £57, Conc £52, Members £50 Intermediate & advanced 7–8.30pm £59, Conc £54, Members £52

The classes above are a great opportunity to improve fitness and develop flexibility, have fun and meet new friends.

A great way to develop the core skills and styles of contemporary dance including technique, travelling exercise and routines.

Literature Workshops SHP Reading Group First Tuesday of the month Tue 7 Jan, 4 Feb, 4 March, 1 April 7.30–9.30pm £6, Members £5.50

Discuss books and discover new authors with a friendly, relaxed group of people of all ages. For further information contact Vivien Becher at vbecher@hotmail.com Digital Media Digital Photography Heather Young Mon 20 Jan – Mon 17 March 7.30–9.30pm This course will not run through half-term £143, Members & Conc £139

Designed for beginners who want to develop their skills with a digital camera beyond ‘point and shoot’ photography. Course covers camera functionality, composition, lighting, black and white photography and manual controls.

Choreographic Performance Group John Darvell Thu 16 Jan – Thu 27 March 8.30–9.30pm £57, Conc £52, Members £50, Drop-in £6.70

For students with a sound technical ability who wish to further develop their performance skills and would like the opportunity to perform.

JOINT CLASS DEAL Join Contemporary Dance and Choreographic Performance Group get one course half price

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YOUNG PEOPLE’S COURSES Full details www.southhillpark.org.uk/learning Term Mon 13 Jan – Sun 30 March Half-term Mon 17 – Sun 23 Feb

Arts & Crafts

Dance

Drama

Make Your Mark 7–11yrs

Street Vibes The Club 8–16yrs

South Hill Park’s Youth Theatre

Chantal Addley

Alan Cunningham

Sat 18 Jan, 1, 15 Feb, 8, 22 March 2–5pm

Tue 14 Jan – Tue 25 March 4–5.30pm

Chantal Addley, Mark Hooper and Joey Malyan

£93, Members £89

Join Chantal on a rollercoaster of discovery. With your own sketchbook as a starting point, you will collect imagery and look at artists for inspiration and then, using different media, create artworks to build your portfolio. Make Your Mark Teen 12yrs+ Chantal Addley Sat 25 Jan, 8 Feb, 1, 15, 29 March 11.30am–2.30pm OR 3–6pm £93, Members £89

Need to add excitement to your portfolio or just want to do art for fun? Join us in a relaxed environment to experiment with different media. Take the lead in exploring your own creativity, supported by the tutor artist. Music

£43, Members £39

Locking, breaking, body popping and some smooth footwork will be covered in this course. Twinkle Tots 2–4yrs

Wilde-wannabies 5–11yrs Wed 15 Jan – Wed 26 March 4–5.30pm £90, Members £87 Wilde-ways 11–16yrs Wed 15 Jan – Wed 26 March 5.45–7.45pm

Antonia Hall

£120, Members £115

Fri 17 Jan – Fri 28 March 3.30–4pm 2–3yrs 4–4.30pm 3–4yrs

Explore exciting methods of developing theatre with young people in a ways appropriate to age and interests.

£37, Members £34

Fun, imaginative introduction to basic ballet through the use of stories and themes. Budding Ballerina 4–5yrs Antonia Hall www.twinkletotsdance.com Fri 17 Jan – Fri 28 March 4.30–5.15pm £47, Members £44

This course begins to follow the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Pre-Primary in Dance syllabus. Teen Ballet 11–18yrs

Wilde-stars 11–16yrs Sat 18 Jan – Sat 29 March 10.45am–11.30pm £80

A class tailored to young people who have special educational needs. We will use drama to explore light, sound, costumes/ materials movement and games. Missed Out Young Producers Group 14–26yrs Mark Hooper/Chantal Addley

Antonia Hall

contact mark.hooper@southhillpark. org.uk for information

Sat 18 Jan – Sat 29 March

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Every Monday 6–8pm

Harriet McBurnie 9–10.30am

Fri 17 Jan – Fri 28 March 5.15–6.15pm

Free – collect application from Box Office

Michael Bridgeman 10.30am–12.30pm

£58, Members £55

£75, Members £70

For complete beginners or those who have done very little ballet. Building a strong foundation for further study of ballet.

Get involved in everything: children’s performance, local band and comedy nights.

Junior Piano 6–16yrs

15-minute lessons. Individually tutored fun, friendly classes covering exam work if required. Junior Flute 6–16yrs John Weeks

Berkshire County Dance Company Youth! 13–21yrs

Sat 18 Jan – Sat 29 March 10.30am onwards

Lena Dee

£130, Conc £125, Members £119

Learn from and perform alongside professional contemporary dance companies.

These 30-minute lessons are ideal for complete beginners and those with some flute experience. Adult beginners welcome.

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Arts Award Make Your Mark and Youth Theatre come with the opportunity to work towards the nationally recognised arts qualification. Speak to your tutor about suitability before purchasing an Arts Award pack from Box Office. Pack will be delivered to your tutor. Arts Award Discover £7 Arts Award Explore £16 Bronze Award £29 Silver Award £33.50 Gold Award (35 UCAS points) £46

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Sat 8 Feb · 10am–4pm · FREE entry · Mansion Spaces

Join us in our wonderful 18th century mansion house for an opportunity to find something unique for your loved one this Valentine’s Day (or, let’s be honest, to buy it for yourself and pass it to him to be wrapped). Support local artists and buy handmade gifts, handcrafted with love and find something truly unique. Buy cards, cupcakes, jewellery and personalised items – far more romantic than picking something up at the supermarket. Our exhibitors will be able to offer you a personal finding service to help you choose the perfect gift.

Membership Big benefits from your arts centre As a member you will be entitled to a wide variety of benefits to enjoy everything we have to offer, don’t miss out.

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DANCE ENTERTAINMENT LIFT 0FF DANCE FESTIVAL Lift Off Dance Festival returns with its annual mix of professional dance companies and a selection of the finest dance groups from the region

Lift Off Galas

Tavaziva Dance Company Tavaziva TEN

FuzzyLogic Dance Theatre MANmade Boys Dance

Youth & Community Gala 1 Sat 22 March 7.30pm Youth & Community Gala 2 Sat 29 March 7.30pm

www.tavazivadance.com

www.logicdance.co.uk

Wilde Theatre

Thu 27 March 7.30pm

Wed 22 Jan 7.45pm

£11, Conc £9 per gala

Wilde Theatre

Local dance groups, schools and invited friends will once again fill the stage with their various dance styles; Bollywood, ballet, street dance, contemporary, tap, flamenco and many others. Dancers of all ages and abilities join to present a dazzling night of dance that the whole family can enjoy. Resident youth dance company, Berkshire County Dance Company Youth, will be leading the galas on both evenings.

£12, Conc £11, Members £10, Schools & Dance Groups £9

£11.50, Conc £10.50, Members £9.50

Groups & Schools £9.50

An inspirational evening of boys’ dance from East Berkshire schools and FuzzyLogic Dance Company. MANMade, an established boys dance project by acclaimed FuzzyLogic, aims to give young men from across the region a creative and productive way to channel their energy and enthusiasm. Come see tomorrow’s future stars of male dance.

For information on groups performing and professional dance workshops throughout the Lift Off season, please email lena.dee@southhillpark.org.uk

Suitable 12yrs+

2014 is Tavaziva Dance’s tenth anniversary and for this special milestone the Company’s retrospective programme features stunning excerpts from some of its best loved and memorable pieces of work. Tavaziva TEN articulates the Company’s innovation of AfricanContemporary dance in the UK and celebrates its contribution to it. Linking ten signature works together with film and digital imagery incorporating early footage and interviews, Bawren takes the dance, sound and visuals beyond a nod to diversity and into an artistic realm of its own. Amazing, breathtaking… a real must see. AUDIENCE MEMBER

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DANCE

Hofesh Shechter Company Preview Performance In Good Company 2014 New work created by the dancers of Hofesh Shechter Company Fri 25 April 7.30pm Wilde Theatre £12, Conc £11, Members £10, Schools £9

Be the first to glimpse exciting new choreographies from the internationally renowned dancers of Hofesh Shechter Company.

Motionhouse Broken Seismic Performance In A Shifting World

In the third edition of the acclaimed dance programme, In Good Company the dancers become choreographer. All currently touring in Shechter’s work worldwide, the In Good Company choreographers have been given carte blanche to explore their own ways of creating dance.

www.motionhouse.co.uk Thu 6 Feb 7.30pm Wilde Theatre £15, Conc £14, Members £13, Schools, Under 21 & Groups £9

Building on the success of international hit Scattered, Motionhouse’s brand new production, Broken, erupts onto the stage examining our precarious relationship with the earth. This powerful company submerge highly athletic dance within intricate digital imagery and original music in an unashamedly visual and adrenaline fuelled spectacle.

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Ahead of their premiere performances later in the year, this special preview performance reveals brand-new short pieces of dance that showcase their creativity, outstanding performance skills and original talent. An evening of experiment and enterprise. JUDITH MACKRELL, THE GUARDIAN

MUSICALS

Crowthorne Musical Players

Witches of Eastwick This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd, on behalf Music Theatre International and Cameron Mackintosh Ltd Tue 11 – Sat 15 March 7.30pm Sat Mat 2.30pm Wilde Theatre

Starmaker Theatre Company

Miss Saigon – schools edition Wed 5 – Sat 8 March 7.45pm Sat Mat 3pm Wilde Theatre Wed–Thu & Sat Mat £17, £15, £11 Conc £15, £13, £9 Fri–Sat £19.50, £17, £15

This amateur company completes its trilogy of hit musicals, celebrating its 25th anniversary, by proudly presenting the massive Broadway and West End success Miss Saigon schools edition. Inspired by Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly, Miss Saigon tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance. Through the beautiful music of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil and with powerful lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr, we follow the love story of Chris, an American GI and Kim, a Vietnamese bar girl in Saigon during the Vietnam War.

Tue £12, Conc £11 Wed–Thu £15, Conc £14 Fri–Sat Eve £16 Sat Mat £13 Discount for groups of 10 or more Advance tickets 07796 276888 or email cmptickets@gmail.com

Made famous by the 1987 film starring Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeifer, and adapted into a musical in 2000, the shows tells the story of what happens when three bored divorced housewives from the small New England town of Eastwick wish for the man of their dreams and then get more than they bargained for. Witches of Eastwick is a musical comedy the novel by John Updike, with music by Dana P Rowe, with new orchestrations by Chris Egan and Christopher Jahnke and lyrics by John Dempsey. Please note, this show contains adult themes and is therefore unsuitable for young children.

Eagle House School

The Vackees www.eaglehouseschool.com Music by Carl Davis Book & Lyrics by Hiawyn Oram This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited on behalf of Threefold Music Limited Tue 25 March 7.30pm Wed 26 March 2 & 7.30pm Wilde Theatre £14, Conc £10

Set at the outbreak of the Second World War, The Vackees, is the funny, moving story of the invasion of a Somerset village by child evacuees from London and their scrapes and adventures with the hostile native children. Make sure you catch this heartwarming show from the talented kids at Eagle House School.

All three shows have a £1 ticket levy included in the price of each ticket

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COMEDY

Live Nation

Lee Hurst Things That Make You Go Aaarggh!!! Sat 1 Feb 8pm

Over 16yrs only Thu 23 Jan 8pm Wilde Theatre £16 inc ticket levy

Star of Live At The Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, and Have I Got News for You Shappi is back with her brand new show. Shappi is one of the hottest comedy prospects in the country. She’s feisty, flirty and effortlessly funny she handles every subject with a razor sharp wit, softened only by her deliciously dizzy delivery and endless charm. Shappi is also the best-selling author of A Beginners Guide to Acting English by Bloomsbury out now in paperback. She has plenty to say, and says it with pointedness and potency. THE GUARDIAN

The Comedy Cellar www.thecomedycompany.co.uk

Wilde Theatre

Shappi Khorsandi Live

Doc Brown

£16, Conc £14 +£1 ticket levy

In his new tour, stand-up comic Lee Hurst is travelling throughout Britain to find out what really winds you up.

Every Friday from 10 Jan Doors open 8pm, show starts at 8.30pm Adults 18yrs+ only Cellar Bar

Mostly people get on with living their lives, but everyone has at least one thing that pushes their button and sends them over the edge. What’s yours? Come along for a night of laughter and letting off some steam.

£12, Members £11

Lee is known throughout the comedy business as someone who can pull laughs out of thin air with his razor sharp ability to improvise and ad lib comedy on the spot. Everyone witnessed this when he first hit our TV screens on Have I Got News For You and They Think It’s All Over. He is also a regular guest on Channel 5’s The Wright Stuff.

Over the last 25 years The Comedy Cellar has helped to launch the careers of some of the biggest names in comedy, from Jo Brand, Eddie Izzard and Jimmy Carr through to Jack Whitehall, Russell Howard and Micky Flanagan.

The brief was to make 200 advertising personnel laugh their socks off for 30 minutes. That and more was what we got from Lee. THE GUARDIAN

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Some of the acts appearing this season include: Doc Brown, Matt Richardson, Phil Nichol, Jarred Christmas, Geoff Norcott, Jen Brister, Mark Maier and Keith Farnan.

Why not make a night of it and have a burger and beer before you go down to the Cellar for a night of comedy. See back cover for details.

DIGITAL MEDIA Beginners Digital SLR

Photoshop for Photographers

Digital SLR: Light Painting

Alex Harvey-Brown

Alex Harvey Brown

Roy Matthews

Sat 25 Jan 11am–5pm

Sat 8 Feb 10.30am–5pm

£55, Members & Conc £51

Escape ‘Auto’ mode and kick-start your learning about digital photography. This one-day practical introduction to the potential of digital SLR cameras, covers exposure controls, shutter speed, composition and file formats, plus practice time.

Turn good photographs into great photographs with the software tools in Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Elements 10. Learn photo specific editing, cropping and enhancing plus know how on applying spot colour effects, colourising and using RAW format.

Web Design with Wordpress

Theremin Day

Martin Franklin

Sam Underwood

Sat 1 Feb 10.30am–5pm

Sat 22 Feb 10.30am–5.30pm

£55, Members & Conc £51

No HTML required to take this one-day quick-start guide to getting up and running on the web using the versatile Wordpress platform. This workshop covers administration, posting, pages, accounts, themes, customisation and popular plugins.

£65, Members & Conc £60

Sat 1 March 11am–5pm £55, Members & Conc £51

Using applied artificial light to create striking illuminated still life and posed images composited with the StarStax software. Participants should bring camera (with manual setting), tripod and a powerful torch. Tutor, Roy Matthews is a freelance professional and also teaches at the Royal Academy of Arts. Beginners Photoshop CS6

A sci-fi electronic drone instrument whose pitch, volume and tone oscillation can be controlled by gesture. Learn to solder and build your very own six oscillator optical theremin from scratch under the instruction of Mr Underwood. All electronic components and tools provided.

Thea Stallwood Sat 8 March 11am–5pm £55, Members & Conc £51

Entry level course introducing the essentials of the leading digital imaging software for those that have little or no experience. We will cover the tools and techniques necessary for basic image editing and creative manipulation of photos and graphic images using Adobe Photoshop CS6.

Theremin Day

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Introduction to 3D Printing & Scanning Malcolm Napier/Hannah Napier Sat 15 – Sun 16 March 11am– 5.30pm £126, Members & Conc £122

Explore the creative potential of scanning or modelling a three-dimensional object on the computer, and see the real thing printed out in plastic using the open source RepRap 3D printer. Begin to learn how to use a workflow of Google SketchUp, Meshlab and OpenSCAD 3D design programs for modeling, file conversion and output to the RepRap.

Publishing with InDesign CS6

Experimental Digital Printmaking

Thea Stallwood

Janet Curley Cannon

Sun 9 March 11am–5pm £55, Members & Conc £51

Design books, posters, leaflets, magazines and ebooks directly from within Adobe InDesign. Learn creative page layouts, typography and templates, plus integrated online publishing through blurb.co.uk

Sat 22 – Sun 23 March 11am–5pm £126, Members & Conc £122

Digital SLR: Landscape & Street Photography Roy Matthews

Experiment with printing on to different papers, collage materials, fabric, and/or applying digital transfers to other surfaces using Ink Aid digital ground. The emphasis will be on exploring and experimenting with digital images using the Epson Stylus Pro 7600 large format printer. Participants should have a working knowledge of Photoshop. Price includes materials and 1 x A2 art print

Sat 26 April 11am–5pm £55, Members & Conc £51

Digital Media Event BerkshireDigital

Experimental Digital Printmaking

www.berkshiredigital.org Twitter: @BerksDigital Thu 20 Feb and Thu 17 April 7pm Free (booking required)

Digital community for businesses in Berkshire. Stimulating monthly business presentation and network meeting for local digital/web/ marketing, software and tech business people.

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Explore use of natural light and the environments around the Park and local shops during a day that combines technical tutoring with practical work with outside.

SHP LIVE SHPLive is our innovative programme to develop live streamed performance direct from South Hill Park. See shplive.tv for details

Broadcast Conversations: Local broadcasting and global audiences www.commedia.org.uk Wed 19 March 1.30-4pm Email arts@commedia.org.uk to register

Broadcast Conversations are a series of roundtable discussions coordinated by the Community Media Association, discussing aspects of arts broadcasting relevant to arts and community media collaboration. Individually chaired and documented these events will provide a focused space to explore key issues.

Upstream Seeding new digital performance SHPLive.TV is providing seed funds for new performed works which embrace the potential of live streaming to an audience on the web and in the performance space. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for digitally native performance which understands the potential of the internet to create an exciting transmedia experience. This could be interactive cinema, a hypermedia narrative, a transmedia story or a performance that reaches out beyond the stage Selected work will be featured in our live stream season in 2015. Whats your idea? Deadline for proposals: 9am Mon 24 March Application details available from: www.shplive.tv

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Out and About SHPLive.tv has live streamed performances to new audiences across the UK and the globe. Recent productions have included delivering Snow White to a range of health and care establishments, plus work for The Dance Movement, Aldeburgh Music. Our live stream from the Audiograft 2014 Festival in Oxford is coming in February.

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ADULT WORKSHOPS Arts and Crafts Henna Workshop Sat 25 Jan 3-5pm

This workshop provides an introduction for those new to henna or for those wishing to improve their existing henna techniques. Learn the Art of Henna and all about its life enhancing qualities and culturally enriching heritage. Valentines Stained Glass Caroline Loveys £52, Conc £51, Members £50

Learn the basics of stained glass and make a glass heart. Materials and equipment are supplied. No experience necessary.

Jane Bonney £46, Conc £45, Members £44

Students will be able to create a brooch using felt, silk, and machine embroidery. Students need to be confident with free machining and using a soldering iron.

Melanie Paice

Sun 13 April 11am–5pm

£38, Conc £37, Members £36

Caroline Loveys

Spend the day working from a life model with oil painting tutor Melanie Paice. Taster Life Drawing Evening Flora Gare Fri 21 Feb 10am–12.30pm £19, Conc £18, Members £17

Alexander Technique Workshop Sat 15 March 2.30–5pm

A body awareness workshop that helps with poise and balance. For further information call 01753 850613. Painting ‘In the Style of’ Melanie Paice Mon 7 April 10am–4pm £46, Conc £45, Members £44

£52, Conc £51, Members £50

Artist in Residence Samantha Robertson Sat 5 April 10am–4pm £69, Conc £67, Members £65

Easter Gifts Artist in Residence Samantha Robertson Mon 7 April 10am–12noon £20, Conc £19, Members £18

Decorate pre-fired ceramic eggs and make special gifts for Easter. Work will be glazed and fired in time for Easter. Price inclusive of basic materials.

Artist Lab: The Boundless Ideas Emporium see page 41 for details

With expert tuition, this mixed ability course is ideal for beginners or those needing help improving their throwing techniques. Price inclusive of basic materials.

Learn more about famous artists and have a go at painting in their style. This workshop is a great way to pick up painting techniques and increase your knowledge of art history, with artist and lecturer Melanie Paice.

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Learn the basic stained glass techniques by choosing from a variety 2D or 3D projects. Materials and equipment are supplied. No experience necessary. Throwing mixed ability

An introduction or refresher course in life drawing, using a professional life model. Exploring a variety of observational drawing techniques, investigating line, tone and texture. All materials provided.

£27, Members £21.50

Textile Jewellery Sun 16 Feb 11am-5pm

Stained Glass Day

Mon 17 Feb 10am–3pm

£12

Sun 2 Feb 11am–5pm

Life Painting with Oils intermediate

YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORKSHOPS Drama Half-term Circus Skills Workshop 11–19yrs

Half-term Art Factory

Mothers Day Clay Workshop

4–11yrs

7–12yrs

Victoria Spearing

Artist in Residence Samantha Robertson

Mon 17 Feb 10am–12noon

Chantal Addley and Jake Addley

£18, Members £17

Mon 17 Feb 1–5pm £12

Learn to unicycle, poi, juggle, tight rope walk, diablo, devil stick, walk on stilts, plate spin, pedal go and much more! Arts and Crafts

£18, Members £17

Half Term Play with Clay

7–12yrs

Artist in Residence Samantha Robertson

5–8yrs

Thu 20 Feb 10am-12noon

Artist in Residence Samantha Robertson

£18, Members £17

£18, Members £17 per person

Sun 16 March 11am–1pm

Spend your morning using clay, collage, drawing and sculpture with lots to take home at the end of the session. Expert advice and guidance given. Dress for mess! Price inclusive of materials.

Half-term Parent and Child Clay Workshop

Sat 15 Feb 1.30–3.30pm

Easter Holiday Play with Clay

Tue 8 April 10am–12noon -check

Explore the exciting possibilities of pottery, including hand building and throwing using air drying clay. Price inclusive of materials.

This workshop gives children and their parents the opportunity to explore and learn about the possibilities of pottery together.

£18, Members £17

Game World 11–15yrs Martin Franklin Wed 19 Feb 10am–4pm £40

Build and explore mazes, dungeons and secret bases. Learn the basics of 3D game design and editing to create your own custom level using the 3D engine from the classic first person game, Quake.

Easter Holiday Art Factory 4–11yrs Victoria Spearing Wed 9 April 10am–12noon

Cut Out Animation 11–15yrs Gemma Burditt Wed 9 April 10–4pm £40

Create animated stories using cut-out characters, with added sound effects, titles and credits using Adobe Flash CS6. Game World: Portal 2

11–15yrs

Stephen Cox

Lego Animation

Thu 10 April 10am–4pm

Wed 16 April 10am–4pm

11–15yrs

£40

Design and build fast paced multi-player game arenas. Learn the basics of 3D game design and editing to create your own custom level using the 3D engine from the classic first person game, Quake.

Make tricky multi-dimensional puzzles in your own ‘test chambers’ for the smash computer game, Portal 2.

Thu 20 Feb 10am–4pm £40

Bring your favourite Lego characters and building blocks to make animated adventure stories using stopframe animation techniques.

Spend your morning using clay, collage, drawing and sculpture with lots to take home at the end of the session. Expert advice and guidance given. Dress for mess! Price inclusive of materials.

Game World: Multiplayer

Gemma Burditt

Explore the exciting possibilities of pottery, including hand building and throwing using air drying clay. Price inclusive of materials.

£18, Members £17

Digital Media

A fun workshop where you can make and decorate a memorable and unique gift for mum. Price inclusive of materials.

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EXHIBITIONS

Arts Week 2013 Community Gallery Sat 30 Nov – Sun 26 Jan

20:20 Print Exchange

www.arts-week.org Private view Fri 29 Nov 6.30–8pm · all welcome

Long Gallery

South Hill Park will be showcasing the 2013 Arts Week mural created by local arts groups and college students in their community gallery this year. Six prizewinning works will also be on display by local resident artists in the Brownlow Hall exhibition for their achievements in textiles, woodwork, sculpture, painting, sketching and photography.

Sat 30 Nov – Sun 26 Jan Private view Fri 29 Nov 6.30–8pm · all welcome

For the third year the Printroom at South Hill Park Arts Centre is taking part in the 20:20 Print Exchange, a project estimated to involve over 400 artists across 33 printmaking studios. For more information visit our website.

For more information visit our website.

Designed to Serve

Paranoid Realism

Mirror Gallery

Julian Gordon Mitchell

Sat 30 Nov – Sun 26 Jan

Atrium Gallery

Private view Fri 29 Nov 6.30–8pm · all welcome

Sat 16 Nov - Sun 26 Jan

A joint exhibition by Artists in Residence Louise Walker and Samantha Robertson, showcasing a celebration of their shared passion for design and functionality within their respective disciplines. The work displayed demonstrates the relationship between contemporary silversmithing and ceramics. Louise explores combining contrasting metals and pushing the boundaries of traditional silversmithing ideas. She takes the conventional technique of silver soldering to a new level, developing the skill to discover new applications. Samantha’s concern with form and function combined with a love of food and drink has resulted in a range of tableware designed for purpose. Simple wheel thrown and press moulded tableware are complemented with colourful slip decoration inspired by the natural environment.

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Private view Fri 29 Nov 6.30–8pm · all welcome

Julian Gordon Mitchell’s pictures are a window into an imaginary world. Objects and spaces, at first familiar, slowly reveal their irrationality. Mitchell uses the conventions of realism to create an eerie reinvention of metaphysical art. Mitchell is a Berkshirebased artist who has exhibited widely both internationally and in the UK. His paintings have been displayed at the Royal Academy, National Portrait Gallery and Cabinet Office.

EXHIBITIONS Melanie Paice Reception Mon 11 Nov – Sun 26 Jan

Melanie explores the joy of breathing new life into objects and surfaces which have been discarded by others. Her recent body of work sprung from a desire to make use of the slates and tiles discovered whilst clearing the space where her studio was to be built. Creating the works in the new studio became a fitting cycle of re-use and renewal. Melanie Paice currently teaches Get Confident and Further Fun with Oils at South Hill Park and her work will be on display in Reception this autumn.

Summer with Regrets taken at Horseshoe Lake, by Ida Groot-Attias (winner of the Parks Photo Competition 2012)

Robert Carruthers’s Totem photographed by Jeff Lawrence

2013 Parks Photo Competition: Water

Imaging 3D: Sculpture Series

Long Gallery

Mirror Gallery & Atrium

Sat 8 Feb – Sun 6 April

Private view Fri 7 Feb 6.30–8pm

Private View Fri 7 April 6.30–8pm

This Feb–April SHP’s Community Gallery showcases the best selected entries from Bracknell Forest Council’s ‘water’ themed Parks Photo Competition, celebrating the borough’s lakes, rivers and ponds and coinciding with the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation 2013.

This exhibition explores the boundaries between two and three dimensional representation. A number of 3D imaging techniques will be on display objectifying sculpture. Some of the sculptures will be recognisable as part of South Hill Park’s sculpture trail allowing the viewer to explore ways of seeing comparatively.

Parks Photo competition is organised by Bracknell Forest Council and sponsored by:

Produced by Bracknell Camera Clubs special interest 3D Art group and sponsored by:

A Day in Print www.printattheparkgroup.co.uk Sat 8 Feb - Sun 6 April Print Gallery Private view Fri 7 Feb 6.30–8pm

Using the Bracknell News issue for Thu 3 Oct 2013 as inspiration, Print @ the Park look at local stories and events to produce a stunning variety of original prints using techniques such as linocut, lithograph and etching. The Print @ the Park group comprises of a growing number of local artists who use South Hill Park’s Printroom. All works are original and are for sale.

Inspired By…

Ripple Cuff, Linda Morley

Reception and Long Gallery Fri 18 April – Sun 15 June Private View Thu 17 April 6.30-8pm

It’s the time of year again for SHP’s Inspired By… competition. South Hill Park’s students will be visiting Kensington’s world famous institution, the V&A and creating works inspired by the collection. Works will be on display in Reception and the Long Gallery from late April and prizes will be awarded for best entries. Last year’s winners included Linda Morley (pictured Ripple Cuff), Penelope Lee, Emy Circuit, Dana Kidson, Beverley Moss and Lynda Jones.

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Crippling the Blacksmith Part Two: The Boundless Museum Jon Lockhart Bracknell Galleries Tue 22 April – Fri 16 May Private view Thu 17 April 6.30–8pm

The second instalment of Jon Lockhart’s Arts Council England funded project exploring museum display, objects and the audiences that interact with them. The year-long project explores our relationship with museum artefacts and in a broader sense how we communicate tacit knowledge in all walks of life. The project offers an exciting opportunity to shape an idea through collaborative exchange. For this stage, Jon will work directly with users of South Hill Park during Artist lab day of making and research in order to negotiate a plan and shape for the exhibition’s main contents. The plan is to create a framework in which the ‘Lockhart Protocol’ will be a template for developing maximum democratic visitor participation (MDVP) and through this process allow a broader discussion into what ‘making’ is really all about.

Artist Lab: The Boundless Ideas Emporium Jon Lockhart Tue 18 & Sat 22 Feb 10am-4pm FREE but booking is required

If you could make anything, invent anything, change the world, inspire a generation, could you do it? What marvels will our future world contain and how will the digital and concrete objects images and ephemera from our times fit into this new Utopia? Drop in and join artist Jon Lockhart on a journey into making, thinking, playing and planning.

The final show will be a dynamic explosion between our expectations of an exhibition, our knowledge of how cultural institutions should work and about why we choose to surround ourselves with the objects that contribute.

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LOCAL SOCIETIES AND CLUBS South Hill Park Arts Centre hosts a number of different clubs and societies, which always welcome new members. Park Scribblers Mon 13 Jan, 10 Feb, 10 March, 14 April 7.30–9.30pm Contact Trisha Longworth at trisha. longworth@gmail.com or 01344 291 484 for more information. Thames Voyces Dawn Pickett 01252 558225. Tuesdays 7.45–9.45pm. All year round. Termly subscriptions payable directly to treasurer. Park Opera Sue Mainwaring Secretary Park Opera Pinwydden, 149B Macdonald Road Lightwater Surrey GU18 5UR 07968 197154 captmainwaring@aol.com Thursdays 8–10pm. Annual subscription of £25 payable directly to Secretary. The Supertonics David Ludgate Wednesdays 8–10pm. All year round. £1 per session. Berkshire Guitar Society Gavin Smith 01483 744800. Second Sunday in each month 7.30–10.30pm.

Berkshire ARTs Academy www.berkshireartsacademy.com Sat 11 Jan – Sat 26 April 6–9yrs Sat 1–3pm 10–12yrs Sat 3–6pm 13yrs+ Sat 3–6pm BARTA provide drama, dance and vocal training for children aged 6–16yrs on Saturday afternoons at South Hill Park. Our teachers are experienced actors, musicians, choreographers and dancers who perform in professional productions throughout the UK. We offer training, put on performances and hold a range of workshopsfrom leading industry professional dancers, actors and coaches. A FREE trial session is offered to all new students. To book a trial or ask any questions please call 07825 558757 or 01344 424138. mail@berkshireartsacademy.com BARTA are bringing Bugsy Malone to the Wilde Theatre in 2014, contact us for more information and audition details.

Recital Room 8pm Visitors £3 Mon 20 Jan, 17 Feb, 17 March, 14 April

Sun 12 Jan – Sun 27 April Half-term Sun 23 Feb – Sat 1 March School Of The Arts (SOTA) runs dance, singing and drama classes for 3–16yrs every Sunday. All teachers are highly qualified and experienced and pupils also have the opportunity to join a professional agency. A FREE sample session is offered. To enrol email enrol@sota.uk.com, call 0845 3719838 or visit www.sota.uk.com SOTA Seeds 3–4yrs 10–10.45am 3–5yrs 11–11.45am £70 per 10-week term SOTA Sapphires 5–6 yrs 10–11am £80 per 10-week term SOTA Sunday Stage School 6–16 yrs 10am–1pm £240 per 10 week term

Zumba® Vesna Christovic www.ZumbaFiT.co.uk Every Wednesday from 8 Jan 8–9pm

Bracknell Forest Natural History Society

SOTA Bracknell

£6 pay as you go or £20 per month by standing order payable to the tutor Come and join us for this crazy, totally liberating, fun packed hour of high calorie-burning energizing PARTY of a workout! Regardless of your ability, age, size or shape you’ll be reaping the benefits of this ‘exercise in disguise’ while having fun and an excellent cardio workout dancing your socks off to the infectious latin-salsa-merenguecumbia-cha-cha-jive-bollywood-flamenco and many more. All levels welcome.

Medusa Teen Theatre Company

National Theatre Connections Artemis Studios Performing Arts Schools www.artemis-studio.co.uk Fri 7 – Sat 8 March 8pm Studio Theatre

m £10, Members & Conc £8, Under 21s & School £5 Join us for the première of a brand new one-act play. Written especially for teen performers, this play is produced and directed by artists aged 13–17yrs and will transfer to a large partner theatre in Oxford. The best national interpretation of the play will be taken to the National Theatre itself in June 2014.

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South Hill Park · Berkshire’s perfect event venue Whether it is professional and efficient conference services, corporate fun days, private functions and parties, or the idyllic surroundings and atmosphere for a romantic wedding; South Hill Park Arts Centre is Berkshire’s perfect event venue. Haversham Room

Garden Room

Recital Room

Italian Gardens

Steeped in local history, the magnificent mansion house offers rooms of distinction and marries the beauty of original design with the provision of high standards of catering. Set in 18 acres of landscaped gardens and park land, South Hill Park offers a combination of versatility, innovation, tradition, uniqueness, attention to detail and an unrivalled service; a very special place indeed.

This is how to contact us

We can cater for your private event, wedding, conference or fun day out offering a range of packages to suit your personal requirements. South Hill Park also offers programmed events throughout the year in our Wilde Theatre, Studio Theatre and Cellar Bar as well as the many rooms housed within our eighteenth-century mansion.

For weddings, functions and conferences www.southhillpark.org.uk hospitality@southhillpark.org.uk 01344 413514

All profits generated from your event will be used to continue varied arts programmes throughout the year.

For performance venue hire 01344 413529

Cellar Bar

Studio Theatre

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INFORMATION GET THE MOST FROM YOUR VISIT

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Combining the best of digital and analogue equipment, providing release quality results All genres of music catered for from bands and acoustic artists to voiceover work etc All projects welcome, from rough demos to fully produced singles, eps and albums We also specialise in mixing and mastering of pre-recorded material To discuss a project: creativecontrol@live.co.uk or 01344 416202

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Step Up for South Hill Park Since the summer SHP has an exciting new supporter’s scheme, Step Up for South Hill Park. So far this has raised over £5000 from supporters and a good few thousand pounds from various fundraising events. The support has been amazing so far and we would like to thank all of those who have ‘stepped up’. There are three levels of support: Patron at the Park £100 per annum or £8.50 per month Producer’s Circle £250 per annum or £22 per month Director’s Circle £500 per annum or £42 per month If you would like to know more about this wonderful scheme or if you would like to join, please visit www.southhillpark.org.uk/stepup or call the Head of Marketing on 01344 413511

Cinema Don’t forget films are shown throughout the week in our unique 60-seat cinema – from blockbusters to independents to the best foreign films, we cater for all tastes. See our Film leaflet for details.

Bracknell Film Society For all film-lovers, in the cinema, the second Tuesday of each month. Contact Julia Vickers on 0118 961 1392.

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Please note that only one special offer or discount can be applied to each event.

We try to accommodate all visitors to the Art Centre facilities. There are disabled parking bays and ramped access to the premises allowing easy entry to the reception area. There is lift access to the first floors in the main mansion and Theatre allowing people to visit the theatre bar and Bracknell Gallery. There are also adapted toilets equipped with emergency alarms. There may be restricted access to parts of the building due to its eighteenth-century listed status, however, every effort is being made to address this and we recommend pre-booking and we will assist you in any way possible.

Please visit www.southhillpark.org.uk By phone

Tickets and concessions

01344 484123

Concessions are available to children, students, registered unemployed, registered disabled and those in retirement and when available are shown next to the event. Please bring proof of status.

During the hours of 7 and 8pm our box office staff are extremely busy – you may experience a delay in your call being answered. By post Send us details of your booking requirements with a SAE. Cheques made payable to South Hill Park Trust Limited.

Exchanges

In person

Tickets may be exchanged up to 24 hours before the performance. Please bring your tickets to the box office in advance to arrange your exchange.

Call into the Arts Centre and we can take your booking personally.

Refunds and resales

Payment An 80p admin fee is charged per transaction for bookings made with credit and debit cards in person and over the telephone. Online bookings are subject to a charge of £1.25 per booking. A levy of up to £1 is included in the ticket price to go towards the SHP Development Fund.

Reservations Reservations can be held for four days or until 48 hours prior to a performance. Reservations cannot be made on the day of the performance. Tickets not paid for within this time will be released. We are unable to reserve tickets for near sell-out shows.

Tickets, once purchased, cannot be refunded. If the show is sold out, we can try to resell your tickets for you. A £1 administration fee per ticket is charged. Resale cannot be guaranteed.

Helpers accompanying people with disabilities are entitled to a complimentary ticket, please advise box office staff of any special requirements you have when making your booking. An infra-red hearing system has been installed in the Studio and Wilde theatres and a £5 deposit will be required.

Data protection

Legacy

When booking a ticket, your details will be held on our database and you will be given the option of being sent information on future shows both at South Hill Park and by other arts promoters that we feel may be of interest to you. At this point please advise us should you not require either of these services.

South Hill Park Arts Centre is a place where you can spend your life. A cup of coffee on that first date, then dinner and a show, a proposal in the Italian Gardens, followed by a wedding reception in the Recital Room. A few years later you can visit the panto with the children and encourage them to embark on a journey through the arts. Years later, they might even have that cup of coffee on that first date at SHP. It’s a place that can stay with you for a lifetime. Or maybe you were once a stoat in Wind in the Willows, and you have seen your child as a stoat years later. Maybe one day your grandchild will be a stoat… Have you ever considered supporting South Hill Park by leaving a donation in your legacy? It can help ensure that generations to come can enjoy SHP just as you have. If you would like to discuss this in further detail, please contact SHP’s Head of Marketing on 01344 413511.

The details in the brochure were correct at the time of going to press. However, South Hill Park reserves the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of unforeseen circumstances. We reserve the right to make discounted ticket offers to selected current or potential customers at any time.

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OUR GUIDE TO THIS SEASON – AT A GLANCE

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Community Gallery Long Gallery Mirror Gallery Atrium Gallery Reception Recital Room Cellar Bar Wilde Theatre Wilde Theatre Wilde Theatre Recital Room Various Art Studios Cellar Bar Cellar Bar Wilde Theatre Wilde Theatre Recital Room

Arts Week 2013 until 26 Jan 20:20 Print Exchange until 26 Jan Designed to Serve until 26 Jan Paranoid Realism until 26 Jan Tutor in Focus – Melanie Paice until 26 Jan Bracknell Jazz – Trudy Kerr Mission: Improvable FuzzyLogic Dance Theatre Shappi Khorsandi Live Ben Hart – The Outsider Conservatoire Concert – MinJung Baek/Brian O’Kane Creative Arts Showcase Day Folking Live Blues and Boogies Jacqui Dankworth Affinity Session: Local Bands Showcase Conservatoire Concert – Kentaro Nagai/Sarah-Jane Lewis

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Wilde Theatre Recital Room Wilde Theatre Wilde Theatre Studio Theatre Wilde Theatre Wilde Theatre Recital Room Mansion Spaces Wilde Theatre Print Gallery Mirror Gallery and Atrium Long Gallery Wilde Theatre Cellar Bar Recital Room Cellar Bar Studio Theatre Wilde Theatre Recital Room Recital Room Cellar Bar Recital Room Wilde Theatre Recital Room

Lee Hurst – Things That Make You Go Aaarggh!! Revbjelde & The Sèance Care of Henry Hedda Gabler Endgame Motionhouse GA GA Conservatoire Concert – Slava Sidorenko

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February 1 1 2 3–4 5–8 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 11–15 13 14 16 17 17–22 21 22 22 23 25–1 Mar 28

LOVE ! CRAFT !

Caddy Cooper A Day in Print until 6 April Imaging 3D: Sculpture Series until 6 April 2013 Parks Photo Competition: Water until 6 April The History Boys The Unimaginatively Titled Pub Cellar Quiz Bracknell Jazz – Jimmy Hastings Mission: Improvable Bin Men South East Berks Gang Show Conservatoire Concert – Ji Liu Ian Watt – Guitar: Old and New Folking Live West Forest Sinfonia The Queen of Spades Conservatoire Concert – The Messiaen Quartet

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March Wilde Theatre Cellar Bar Recital Room Studio Theatre Recital Room Wilde Theatre Cellar Bar Studio Theatre Recital Room Wilde Theatre Cellar Bar Wilde Theatre Wilde Theatre Wilde Theatre Wilde Theatre Cellar Bar Studio Theatre Wilde Theatre Wilde Theatre Cellar Bar Wilde Theatre Wilde Theatre

Miss Saigon – school edition Blues and Boogies Bracknell Jazz – Frank Griffiths National Theatre Connections The Sirkis/Bialas International Quartet The Witches of Eastwick Richard Digance Hopelessly Devoted To You Conservatoire Concert – Alexandra Vaduva/Harriet Burns The Marriage of Figaro Mission: Improvable 33 Circus of Horrors Woyzeck Youth & Community Gala 1 Folking Live For Their Own Good The Vackees Tavaziva Dance Company The Unimaginatively Titled Pub Cellar Quiz Youth & Community Gala 2 Kidnapped

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Cellar Bar Wilde Thetre Wilde Theatre Recital Room Wilde Theatre Cellar Bar Wilde Theatre Reception and Long Gallery Cellar Bar Studio Theatre Bracknell Galleries

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Wilde Theatre Wilde Theatre Wilde Theatre

Blues and Boogies Mànran Affinity Session: Local Bands Showcase Bracknell Jazz – Nigel Price Mowtown’s Greatest Hits Mission: Improvable Just So Stories Inspired By… until 15 June Folking Live Ten Out of Ten Crippling the Blacksmith Part Two: The Boundless Museum until 16 May Hofesh Shecter Company Cinema in Symphony 2 – The Sequel Entertaining Mr Sloane

Various Venues Wilde Theatre

Bracknell’s Got Talent 2014 Auditions Our Fathers

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Wilde Theatre

Killing Roger

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May 3 21 June 9

drama

entertainment

family entertainment

comedy

music

dance

Creative Arts Showcase

exhibitions

musicals

LOVE!CRAFT

local societies

Just So Stories

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ATRIUM CAFÉ AND BAR See what we have to offer

Why not make a night of it and have a burger and beer before you go down to the Cellar for a night of comedy or the Quiz Night · £8.95 4oz burger with pint · £10.95 8oz burger with pint The food will be served in the Café Atrium only. A separate ticket will be issued and should be handed into the bar when collecting your food. No other discount vouchers/ tickets can be used in conjunction with this promotion.

· We have a new menu to celebrate everything British. Our menu will offer some of the great British classics prepared with fresh food products sourced from across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. · New coffee offer. · Our very popular Sunday roast menu available from 12–4pm every Sunday with as much as you can eat from our selection of vegetables – booking advised. · Special menu for: Burns Night, Valentine and Mother’s Day and Easter. Check our website for updates.

· If you are having a breakfast meeting, or just want to meet up with friends, our bacon and sausage butties are a great addition. · If you are holding any celebrations, please contact us for all your party requirements. · Great kids menu – free fruit for all kids · Great range of gluten-free options every day. · New range of cakes especially prepared for SHP.

How to find us

Parking

Green Flag Award

South Hill Park is about seven minutes drive from Bracknell Town Centre in the Birch Hill area. Easily accessible from the M3 (Junction 3) and M4 (Junction 10). We are very well signposted – look for the brown road signs saying ‘Arts Centre’ or showing a comedy mask.

There is FREE but limited parking at South Hill Park. Overflow parking is available at Birch Hill Shopping Centre, Birch Hill Road, which is a short, well-lit walk away.

South Hill Park is among a recordbreaking 1,447 parks and green spaces that have this year received a prestigious Green Flag Award 2013/14. It is the first year that we have applied for the award and we are absolutely delighted to be successful.

Public transport From the Town Centre to South Hill Road take the 194 then it’s a five-minute walk to South Hill Park. From the Town Centre to Birch Hill Shops take either the 171 or 172. Then it’s a short walk to South Hill Park. Bracknell is well served with train services from London Waterloo, Reading and towns in the surrounding area. For further information contact South West Trains on 0845 7 48 49 50.

Box Office

Fax

01344 484123

01344 411427

Book online

Admin

www.southhillpark.org.uk

01344 484858

South Hill Park Ringmead Bracknell Berkshire RG12 7PA

The national award, handed out by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, recognises and rewards the best parks and green spaces across the country. A Green Flag flying overhead is a sign to visitors that the space boasts the highest possible standards, is beautifully maintained and has excellent facilities. A Green Flag Award provides national recognition for the hard work and dedication of all the staff and volunteers who have helped to create these fantastic places for all to enjoy. Quality green spaces are absolutely essential to happy, healthy communities. They are fundamental to our quality of life, whether in cities, towns or villages.

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Burger & beer offer